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Patented July 1, 1919.

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E. MILLNER.

RACK FOR SHOES AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED APR-27.1918.

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THE COLUMBIA PLANDGRAFH CO., WASHINGTON, D. C.

E.-MILLNER.

RACK FOR su'oss AND THE LIKE,

APPLICATION FILED APR. 27. 1918.

Patented J uly'l, 1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 IJVVEW TOR. a ar M02026? EDGAR MILLNER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSQURI.

SHOES AND THE LIKE.

Application filed April 27, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR MILLNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Rack for Shoes and the like, of which the following is a specification, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

This invention relates generally to shoe machinery and, more particularly, to a certain new and useful rack especially useful in the manufacture or production of shoes and the like.

The soles of new boots, shoes, and the like are usually more or less highly polished; and in the manufacture of the shoes, for the purpose of giving such polish to the shoes, it is necessary or required that the soles be first. thoroughly dried and heated or warmed to the proper degree. To provide a rack of comparatively simple and inexpensive formand construction capable of so drying and warming or heating the shoe-soles with facility and convenience, is the chief object of my present invention.

With the above and other objects in view, my present invention residesin certain novel features of form, construction, arran ement, and combination of parts, all as wil hereinafter be described and afterward pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a plan view of a rack con structed in accordance with and embodying my invention in preferred form;

Fig. 2 is a side .or end view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a front view of the rack shown in connection with parts of a shoe bufiing or polishing machine;

Fig.4 is an enlarged transverse sectional view through the rack taken approximately on the line 44, Fig. 1'; I

Fig. 5 is a plan view, with parts broken away and in section, of .oneof the shelves of the rack; and

Fig. 6 is a broken longitudinal sectional view through the rackwshelf taken approxi matel on the line Fig. 5.

erring to the said drawing, in which.

like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views, the rack com.- prises one or more shelf-supporting rectangular frameseach of which is open at one side andmade up preferably of arear angle- .bar land-.sidcangle-bars 22suitably fixed Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1, 1919.

Serial No. 231,228.

together, the frame side-members 2 being preferably connected and braced adjacent the open side of the frame by a brace-rod 3 extending parallel with the frame rear-member 1.

Adapted to fit snugly, but preferably removably, in each of said frames and upon the flanges of the angle-members thereof, is the shelf proper, which includes an elongated substantially rectangular section 4 of sheet metal. or other suitable material, section 4 having its side edges bent or flanged downwardly, as at 5. Disposed in superposed relation one to the other beneath sheet metal section 4 and between its side flanges 5, is a correspondingly elongated substan tially rectangular section 6 of suitable heatresisting material, such as, for instance, relatively soft or flexible asbestos, then a stiff or substantially rigid section 7 of suitable incombustible material, such as, for instance, asbestosboard, and then a pair of sections or sheets 8-8 of mica or other suitable insulation material, the under one of which is somewhat reduced in length. The rigid section 7 is crenelated or notched along its opposite ends, as at 9, and successively engaging the several notches 9 at :both ends of section 7 and disposed in a series of approximately parallel strands between the mica or insulation sheets 8, as seen in Fig. 5, is a heating element in the form preferably of a wire 10 adapted to resist or oppose the flow of an electric current therethrough, wire 10 having its opposite ends electrically connected to suitable binding-posts 11-11 projecting downwardly from section 7 through the under protecting asbestos 6.

Disposed beneath the asbestos section 6 and at each end of the shelf proper, is a spaced pair of short retaining-strips 1212, metallic section 4 having its ends suitably bent downwardly and crimped securely upon the outer end of each of the strips: 12, as indicated at 13 in Figs. 5 and 6. Andalso disposed beneath the asbestos section 6 and extending transversely of the shelf approximately at the inner end of the short longitudinally extending strips 12, as seen'also in Figs. 5 and '6, is a pair of cross-bands or retaining-strips 1414, upon the ends of which portions, as at 15, of the side flanges 5 0f the metallic section 4 are bent over and securelycrimped, whereby the strips 14 and also the retaining-strips 12 and the several described sections'or members of the shelf are rigidly and conveniently held in proper correlated position.

Preferably the upper surface of metallic shelf-section 4; is neatly and smoothly covered by a section 16 of felt or other suitable material, one side edge of which is fixed, as by clips or the like 17, to the rear flange 5 of metallic section 4 and the other side edge brought around and over the frame brace-rod 8, around which it is firmly held and secured by spring clips or the like 18, as illustrated particularly in Figs. 4: and 6.

Upstanding from frame side-members 2, are rigid arms or brackets 19, fixed at its ends to which, and extending therebetween longitudinally of the shelf, is a shoe-positioning bar 20 for conveniently limiting the placement of shoes upon the shelf in the use of the rack.

I have here illustrated a rack of my invention comprising two shelves and their supporting-frames, but it will be evident that the capacity of the rack may be easily enlarged by the addition of further shelves and their supporting-frames to meet the needs or requirements of any installation, the several shelf-supportingframes being preferably in relatively oblique arrangement, as shown, and connected rigidly together in proper spaced relation by means of diagonally disposed members or bars 2121 and 22 fixed at their ends to the several frame-members.

For convenience also and to facilitate use of the rack by operators, the rack is espe cially adapted to be mounted upon a shoebutling machine, with which machine the rack is closely connected in the manufacture of the shoes, and for such purpose the lower shelf-frame is provided with suitable brackets or the like 23 adapted for ready connection with the bufling machine, as illustrated in Fig. 3.

Suitably mounted upon the rack, as upon the shelf connecting bar 22, is a. switch or other electric circuit closing device 2 L suitably connected in circuit with the line-wires 2525, the heatingelements 10 of the shelves being connected and included in the normally open circuit by wires 2626 electrically connected to the binding-posts 11 and adapted, in turn, to be electrically connected with the line-wires 25 through the switch 2%.

In use or operation, on switch 24 being operated to close the circuit, the several Inetallie sections 4 of the shelves will be heated by the heating elements 10, as will be evident, the heat from the shelves, in turn, for polishing purposes and the like, drying and heating or warming the shoes placed thereupon.

It is to be understood that changes in the form, construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of my rack may be made and substituted for those here-- in shown and described without departing from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. in a rack or the like, a heating shelf comprising a metallic section, and means for electrically heating said section, said means including a rigid section of incombustible material disposed beneath the metallic section, said incombustible section being provided with series of notches at its ends, and resistance wire adapted to be included in an electric circuit, said wire successively engaging said notches and being disposed in a series of approximately parallel strands upon said incombustible section.

2. In a rack or the like, a heating shelf comprising a metallic section, and means for electrically heating said section, said means including a rigid section of incombustible material disposed beneath the metallic sec tion, said incombustible section being provided with series of notches at its ends, resistance wire adapted to be included in an electric circuit, said wire successively engaging said notches and being disposed in a series of approximately parallel strands upon said incombustible section, and sections of insulation material disposed between said sections and upon opposite sides of said series of strands.

3. In a rack or the like, a heating shelf comprising a metallic section, a heating member including a section of incombustible material disposed beneath the metallic section, and means for securing said sections inrelated position, said means including retaining-strips disposed beneath the incombustible section and fixed at their ends to the metallic section.

4. In a rack or the like, a heating shelf comprising a metallic section, a heating member including a section of incombustible material disposed beneath the metallic section, and retaining-strips disposed beneath the incombustible section for securing the sections in related position, the metallic section being erimped into engagement with the ends of said strips.

5. In a rack or the like, a heating shelf comprising a metallic section, said section being flanged along its side edges, a heating member including a section of incombustible material disposed beneath the metallic section and between said flanges, and means for securing said sections in related position, said means including retainingstrips disposed longitudinally of the shelf beneath the incombustible section, the metallic section being erimped at its ends into engagement with the outer ends of said strips, and crossretaining strips extending, transversely of the shelf beneath said longitudinally extending strips, portions of the flanges of the metallic section being crimped into engagement with the ends of said cross-strips.

6. In a rack or the like, a frame, a heating-shelf disposed in said frame, said shelf including a rigid section of incombustible material, and resistance wire adapted to be included in an electric circuit, said wire engaging the opposite edges of said section and being disposed in strands thereupon, and an electric circuit closing device mounted upon the frame and electrically connected with said heating element for including the same in such circuit.

7. In a rack or the like, a heating-shelf comprising a metallic section, a heating member including a rigid section of inoombustible material disposed flatwise in proximity to the metallic section, and resistance Wire engaging the opposite ends of the inoombustible section and being disposed in strands thereupon, and means for securing said sections in related position.

8. In a rack or the like, a heating member including a rigid section of incombustible material, a pair of sections of insulation material, said sections being disposed flatwise in superposed relation, and resistance wire engaging the opposite edges of the incombustible section and disposed in strands between the insulation sections.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

EDGAR MILLNER.

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